Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5338a6b2a96959fc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

101.3 KB Created: 2021-07-31 18:24:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: ddf52cf2ec84ea97f4be6b19a63ad622 SHA-1: 27ceb9c54f23994eb716b101b2fee579f76be800 SHA-256: 5338a6b2a96959fc3ade81098acc9563b06d70cb7c63728d82afe2a284f9d705
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external links, many hosted on compromised WordPress sites, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection or exploit vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9982

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • PDF link farm points to compromised-WordPress upload storage medium PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM
    PDF contains multiple clickable links, across many distinct hosts, whose targets are random-slug files parked in the upload directories of vulnerable WordPress form plugins (FormCraft, Super Forms). This is the hallmark of the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains hosted on compromised sites. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Small PDF is a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting medium PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM
    Small PDF contains many clickable external PDF links spread thin across many distinct hosts (no single dominant host), corroborated by a utm_term SEO-redirector link and/or links parked on free/disposable content hosts. This is the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains, rather than a normal document citation pattern. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • Object number defined twice with different bodies info PDF_DUPLICATE_OBJ_BODY_INCREMENTAL
    The same indirect object (N G) is defined more than once with different body bytes. First-wins and last-wins readers will resolve different content, which is a parser-confusion shape used by targeted PDFs. Body-only differences are common in benign incremental updates, so severity is raised only when the duplicate carries active content.
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL http://hi-reid-solutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7417b393eee14d9a221a7d036542b71a/fofexuzuxux.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://kfz-gutachter-oliver-schiller.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093c6441cdb9---33679640310.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://basyapiemlak.com/yukleme_klasoru/userfiles/file/xakipivilokob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://polresseluma.com/assets/ckfinder/core/connector/php/uploads/files/kijemotuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.benvenutialmare.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b89e1aa5bad---83229658625.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.laterveer-biesenbeek.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/61850895888.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ddriu.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d51e25ba1161b86a1d6c2c809436c868/pojisifakunubodigawenuwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://philippinesroadshow.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/04b94fdf8b00058c0cb1b37c8dfb3fe5/13007243492.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://promocionesnma.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/649704047c2c566decdd3fd75161363f/70159248178.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://garage-ys.info/js/upload/files/90245400888.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://muszempilla.com/files/file/dixomitojesatawatopupuke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mirembeestate.co.ug/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088c6237f672---bojadijasiworugi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jjmassociates.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ca4b4dd4b54d4c71a088a7081651bec6/34467712208.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://movesforfree.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d5kqn275e5fk36aags0414nj15/busobuvowowomibokelot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://polymer-optix.de/userfiles/file/51063467069.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://raduzhniy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160948991a2df4---49370038508.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.duffylighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d563a706687427be80aa01006df3fddc/93311479894.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lushexperiences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607234068633b---rovuligexibodekotof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://discoverapartmentsforrent.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4e9bbe7bc2bd2d8d658980e646dbb674/vesotot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gaviprintpack.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070ed5f4bea9---nidinebopinelurajibij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cms.blauraum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/064884b0ef060c37d74625f02e426732/menozagoxijogutemoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sinhadventure.com/uploads/file/rimorozep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://livingcircles.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160718b652578b---98560116597.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=adobe+fireworks+cs6+product+keyPDF link annotation
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#In PDF document text
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/In PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0001244a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1244A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00013c61.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13C61 10980 bytes
SHA-256: 24c14a53c8b691c3bb44e8840f0bb596af9419fdad5bcffe7dcc24d997f77197
font_02_sfnt_off000155f2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x155F2 17960 bytes
SHA-256: 007ddac2cd31aebdc7ac7929c15ca5cc3165ee4f41c811672b85c7175e5b6c06